Meals in Minutes: Quick Thai to Try
Twenty years ago, thai food was just starting to become known to Americans, as Thai restaurants began to open up here and there. Today, this exotic cuisine can also be found on our grocery shelves, where you’ll find the ingredients, as well as prepackaged dinners.
The recipes of Thailand are influenced by the cooking techniques used in Chinese kitchens and by the heady spices of Indian cooking. Thai chefs have transformed these elements into an altogether unique, bright, and bold cuisine. The culinary theme is balance: sweet sugars, salty nam pla (fish sauce), hot chilies, mild coconut milk, sour limes.
Thai food can be spicy, with an emphasis on hot chilies, but you can adjust the level of heat to your taste. Thai curries come in green (from an abundance of herbs and green chili peppers), red (from red chili peppers and tomatoes), and a few other colors in between.
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